The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-09

q prIsoner. Miller saw the horse, he went out
70 look a. partly 6argaiIIc led, r9E HIM and then
%sge stained with mud and H That hc Ss WAS
blood on his shirt, but bis cxplanat lon was sat.
isfactory.. II vas further, noticed that he was
had been quite seriously. hurt, but, man like.
did not want to own It., Whom hc drove
back Sweet was mot to RG sG iS and feeling
as possible, Miller drove into Cartwl ' SOdd
sont the riE bnck by a. negro Tor Sweet, Tho
him since he left tho buggy mt the roadside.
TherS Vas no exci,gsmlG m "a an, next Iay 9nd
with bis murder WHOM got down tier" rom
up until no one doubted Ills guilt ani there there
were threats OF lynchinq. My first move some.
wh ssow Si d ne Sas arrived At Ss 1
owners alone. and that he had not passed that
point then found two negro wood choppers
together In the buggy. only half u mile from rom
had taken place IN that hai.mile ride, and tho
search had been made Of tho whole distance,
but. now progeeded TO q closer vcsiga,on..
Miller noY wsS s s Was aso aq es TSfh
h AZ G3na Gould S Sas hEs he $
We went over the ground foot by foot, taking
in breadth OF q mile each side Of tho high:.
and osra
HSs rsseS aoabt 'ef 0sa q ct
s saa" ssa eyoyboas Why Ind 3
M mules Why he had ,bs not e SGsn s wSn q
'e %s4 rss gss a. ..sS
bis his Com company His disordered clothing,
the blood spots. his palor and, men.
tai anxiety WHY n Thsn omo wsnt ssS a" over
could @s a. not aait G Sosss it d him Willie The
could not pr9 SnS the BODY BE-
stantial evidence, and Miller was held to the
higher court, with everybody believing in his
was in q small town fifty miles from GAINESVILLE,
and had Int kS1 Gyb an old
teen miles away. The two EXCHANGED salata-
ton ny r sna tas %0her askd
mo-" replied the son.
And do you think no is daft :"
How is his hurt?"
Then, their ,c9nyersation turned into other
was back again. An Influence which cannot
explain any more than could resist sent me
You were talking about stranger. Have
you some unknown man at your house?"
Eyes. sir. He came six or eight weeks ago.
think he has been hurt and has lost his mind.
have told him he must go. but he cries and
begs to stay. and no has paid US very well for
He described Sweet to dot. and three hours
later had identified the man who was sup
posed to have been murdered by Miller In
three days had him at Clarksyile, That
course. but the prosecution then declared MI:
Ter had assaulted him with intent to kill and
rob. medical examination showed that
Sweet had been struck on the head and his
brain injured. took him to Nashville. put him
In the care Of surgeon, and In four weeks he
had his mind back. The very first words he
uttered on coming to were:
And you can stop for me as you come back"
Four month"; time had gone out OF his mind
and he began Just where he had left Of as he
got out Of the buggy. In climbing the road:
the log he remembered falling. but nothing
further. A pressure OF the skull upon his
brain had produced an hallucination. He I'm:
agined that he was hunted by robbers. and had
made his way through forest and swamp to the
cabin where I found him. His weight had run
down to 1875 pounds, hair and whiskers had
grown long, and only some lucky accident
could have Identified him. OF the 1000 he had
with him when he drove out OF GAINESVILLE every
dollar was accounted for, and he was eventual
~, restored to health and strength. ..
circumstantinl evidence. and yet dare declare
my belief that 1t Is the best evidence In the
world to convict the guilty on. 1t may have
worked injustice In rare instances. but It has
hung dozens OF guilty wretches who would
otherwise have escaped.